The Plan

Where is DERP Now?

Dark Equilibrium has been through a lot of builds and has experienced a lot of issues and mistakes over the past year. As we approach DERPS’ second year, we are still not open. It has been a learning process, and we are grateful that our supporters have stuck by us despite the many challenges that have prevented our release, from bad builds to full server failures and data loss. But this build will be the one. We are taking it slow and building brick by brick, using the knowledge we’ve gained from our previous mistakes to produce a product we can be proud of.

Milestone 1
Complete
Primary Systems

All Systems Required for the city's primary functions are all in the server and configured

Milestone 2
Complete
Mechanics And Dealerships

The Mechanic and Dealership scripts are configured and setup according - Many are configured to operate still when there are no mechanics online for the first few months of city operation

Milestone 3
In Progress
Police and Medics

The Police and Medic Systems are currently in progress - Many of the systems have received substantial updates and stability changes as well as some custom features to create a compatibility layer with other scripts within the city

 

This is present but not limited to things such as insurance, invoicing and records

Milestone 4
Pending
City Food and Player Owned Restraunts

Food that can be purchased from 24/7 has been updated to fall in line with player made food - this leaves it so NPC food will prevent you from dying in a pinch but will not be as beneficial as obtaining food from a business

 

Player owned businesses have also been reworked, Businesses that fall under the Food category will receive many methods to host events outside of their businesses not limited to portable Card Machines and food trucks - this will be explored more after city launch.

Milestone 5
Pending
Criminal Activities

Criminal Activities will remain mostly the same with the standard house robberies - store robberies - Heists ect

But we do plan to look into more Criminal activities that are not strictly point and click money grabs are provide more interactivity and story woven into the city

Milestone 6
Pending
Gang Acitivities

Gang Activities and groups as well as their applications are being worked on - Gangs will receive the ability to be more involved in things such as Drug heists and production but this has yet to be confirmed on specifics and profitability 

Final Steps
Pending
Optional Features for QOL

Quality of life has always been a priority for us and through a lot of mistakes we've grown to understand what works and what little features can make things a little easier on not only the new players but experienced players too

This will encompass most things that are not integral to the main role-play experience and will gradually evolve and be worked on well past the release date to ensure we are able to privde people with the experience they deserve